XXVI. Book I. Protestation of Integrity, and Prayer for Protection. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book I

XXVI

Protestation of Integrity, and Prayer for Protection

A Psalm of David.


[1]	JUDGE me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without 1 wavering.
[2]	Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart 2 and my mind.
[3]	For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth.
[4]	I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
[5]	I hate the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
[6]	I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
[7]	That I may make 3 the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works.
[8]	Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where 4 thy glory dwelleth.
[9]	Gather 5 not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
[10]	In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
[11]	But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
[12]	My foot standeth in an even place: In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

Note 1. Or, I shall not slide. [back]

Note 2. Heb. reins. [back]

Note 3. Or, publish with the voice of thanksgiving. [back]

Note 4. Heb. of the tabernacle of thy glory. [back]

Note 5. Or, Take not away. [back]